ID on MD: Psychetron   Audio-gd gear, HiFiman planar HPs

Another Verb purchaser here; didn't get mine till a bit later since I'm in Canada. Backed the Pulse and Wave, so figured I'd grab this.    Will give it a bit more listen - build quality seems good for the price range. But the sound, not looking that good. I honestly thought it would be...

I have an N5 too. The sound quality on it is terrible. Even the US variant S3 that my gf has is way better.   I recently picked up a hifimediy miniUSB DAC to use with the N5. It's pretty cheap ($29) and uses the Sabre ES9023 DAC chip, but because of the size uses a different receiver and is...

Quote: From what I've read, you don't want to bother with the 518 (equivalent to the 515). If budget is getting stretched, get the HD555 for like $85 or so from amazon.

I've been researching this as well--the new line-up--as reviews and impressions are sparse. Some euro sites have a lot more short impressions, Amazon.uk included. From what I gather the 598 is basically an updated 595. For your usage (no amping out of portable/computer) and the genres you...

Ebay is always a mixed bag especially with headphones that tend to be popular. I'd say AT falls into that category. However, I've noticed that the copies tend to be the consumer 'flashy' ones, the in-ear varieties and the portables such as the ES7 etc. The M50 are more studio monitor use, so...

Been a while since I've owned some of the cans mentioned above. I owned a K701 twice as well as a K601. Like tdock, I preferred the K601 for long gaming sessions over the K701. The K701 were great, especially after proper amping but the K601 saw the most head time. It could very well be the lack...

Happy holidays ! 

Thanks for the great write-up. Going to try this to see how it is. I've tried a lot of different players for music, but I keep coming back to Foobar because of speed+simplicity+some modifications. J river media center came close to replacing it, but it had some bugs of it's own. I wish foobar...

Thought this was a pretty good deal, thought I'd pass it along. This is the regular HD 25-1 II not the cheaper SP version from what I can tell. For the lazy folk Newegg.com - SENNHEISER HD 25-1 II 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Supra-aural Professional Monitoring Headphone Promo code: EMCLWNS55

I owned the XD400 for a while, good entry point headphones. Not worth more than the $40 or so I paid though. I've read the lower lines are pretty crappy. I vastly would recommend the Koss KSC75 over even the XD400, and possibly the porta pro for those seeking bass. And shame on me for bumping...

Agree with the above poster, something from the Beyer camp would probably offer what you're looking for--probably the DT990/250 or 600ohm--but as people mentioned, an amp will be required. I would not bother with the AD900 if you're looking for more punch. A Denon D2K/D5K might be worth a look...

Quote: Originally Posted by indydieselnut Sorry if this is old news, but I just bought a pair of these headphones from J&R for $89. From the love that this 'phone gets from many people around here, this seemed like an amazing price. I think the sub-$100 price point is most of...

It's a little like the Dell deals, where they let you have a discount (15%,20%,30%), but only let you choose from a limited section that are already marked up; but then again not sure how the AKG prices were on Amazon prior to this. I did find something that I would actually buy from Amazon...

Quote: Originally Posted by AmanGeorge Don't let the price fool you brn80... right out of the box these are sounding excellent and I already like them more than what I remember of my old DT880s. I assume that with burn in they will only get better. Thanks for that, I will keep...